*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Yes, but note that strtotime has a second parameter, which is "now" if not indicated. What strtotime returns is relative to this second parameter.
I would use: $ahora = time(); $firstTime=strtotime($firstTime, $ahora); $lastTime=strtotime($lastTime, $ahora); Pedro. Danny Shepherd escribió: > > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > Firstly, I assume you mean "Y-m-j H:i:s" for the date format. > > To get the difference between 2 time strings : > > <?php > > // orginal time strings > $firstTime="2002-04-19 13:49:00"; > $lastTime="2002-04-19 14:00:00"; > > // convert to unix timestamps > $firstTime=strtotime($firstTime); > $lastTime=strtotime($lastTime); > > // perform subtraction to get the difference (in seconds) between times > $timeDiff=$lastTime-$firstTime; > > //echo out the difference > printf ("Difference is %d seconds",$timeDiff); > > ?> > > HTH > > Danny. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 1:08 PM > Subject: [PHP] Determine the difference between two dates > > > If I have two variables of time both in the format of "Y-m-j J:i:s" > > How would I go about and get the difference? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php